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Shelton, WA

10,619 Population
5.8 square miles 1,825.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.6 ±2.5 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Shelton, WA Micro Area: 44.8 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Washington: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$25,686 ±$3,401 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Shelton, WA Micro Area: $38,685 ±$1,417
  • about half the amount in Washington: $51,493 ±$245
$60,589 ±$9,347 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Shelton, WA Micro Area: $78,359 ±$4,033
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $94,952 ±$476

23.4% ±5.9% (2,416  ±612) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Shelton, WA Micro Area: 12.6% † 8,232 (±1.5% / ±1,004)
  • more than double the rate in Washington: 9.9% 753,455 (±0.2% / ±11,430)

27.1 minutes ±3.4 (99,985  ±16,617) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Shelton, WA Micro Area: 36.4 823,215 (±1.9 / ±53,935)
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 27 83,194,470 (±0.1 / ±402,464)

Families

3,443 ±298 Number of households
  • the Shelton, WA Micro Area: 25,373 ±661
  • Washington: 3,020,558 ±5,770
3 ±0.3 (10,219  ±42) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Shelton, WA Micro Area: 2.6 65,520 (±0.1 / ±42)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,588,019

8.7% ±4.4% (216  ±110) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Shelton, WA Micro Area: 5.7% † 690 (±1.5% / ±179)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 5.3% 95,720 (±0.1% / ±2,435)

Housing

3,789 ±303 Number of housing units
  • the Shelton, WA Micro Area: 33,751 ±48
  • Washington: 3,262,667 ±447

$296,100 ±$28,215 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Shelton, WA Micro Area: $377,400 ±$14,741
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Washington: $519,800 ±$2,550

11.3% ±2.8% (1,165  ±291.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Shelton, WA Micro Area: 11.8% † 7,806 (±1.6% / ±1,025.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,157,574 (±0.2% / ±13,781.2)

Social

84% ±6.2% (5,359  ±514.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Shelton, WA Micro Area: 91.1% 44,945 (±3.2% / ±1,564)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 92.2% 4,987,606 (±0.3% / ±16,795.6)
18.8% ±4% (1,200  ±262.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Shelton, WA Micro Area: 22% 10,856 (±1.5% / ±759.9)
  • about half the rate in Washington: 38.8% 2,097,154 (±0.2% / ±10,784.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

15.3% ±3.5% (1,622  ±373) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Shelton, WA Micro Area: 6.8% 4,573
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,170,683

7.5% ±1.9% (560  ±148) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Shelton, WA Micro Area: 13.6% 7,319 (±1.1% / ±599)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 8.1% 486,714 (±0.1% / ±4,612)
560 Total veterans ±148 532 Male ±143 28 Female ±24

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